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#189 - Psychonauts Are Now Mapping Hyper-Dimensional Worlds | Andrew Gallimore

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Jun 11, 2023
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ANECDOTE

DMT's Impact

  • Andrew Gallimore extensively studied DMT through McKenna's lectures and books for over a decade before trying it.
  • He thought he was prepared, but the experience shocked him and changed his ontological assumptions.
INSIGHT

DMT's Western Discovery

  • DMT's psychedelic properties in the West were discovered in 1956 by Stephen Szára.
  • Szára, after unsuccessfully trying LSD and mescaline, synthesized DMT and injected himself, leading to the world's first pure DMT trip.
ANECDOTE

DMT and Schizophrenia

  • Early theories linked excess DMT production in the brain to schizophrenia, which is now disproven.
  • Gallimore explains that DMT's structure allows easy synthesis from tryptamine, leading to this theory.
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